What is wrong with getting a decent lead role?

Rating: 4/10 (17 March 2014)

While I will start out by saying it was not as bad as it could have been. Needless to say the special effects were a high note, the robots were kind of bland, but the monsters were very convincing. Also the some of the story was interesting, specifically the original Gotham-like gangster setup. The supporting cast was to be commended, specifically Charlie Day and Idris Elba were very good in their roles.
The Bad Part, the lead! Seriously, it seems like it is so hard to get a decent leading role in action films these days! Charlie Hunnam was pretty much terrible. What is wrong with directors these days who can't see that putting several 100's of millions of dollars into a move, and getting a crappy lead is a bad thing? Especially from the likes of Del Toro. Plus the story itself, while starting strong, was way to unoriginal and slow for my liking! An average film at best.